Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town have said their farewells to departing assistant manager Andy Sunley who heads off to work in America at the end of this week. Sunley, the former Tadcaster Albion and Harrogate Railway star, was taken to Dublin for the Easter weekend by the Garforth players and staff as a send-off. read more→
Rob Hunter
Hunter hails Town’s GroundHop efforts
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division The 2017 NCEL GroundHop was beneficial to Garforth Town on a number of fronts, according to Rob Hunter. The 0-0 draw with Staveley Miners Welfare at 11am stopped a run of three straight defeats which Hunter highlighted. The Garforth manager also praised owners Brian Close and Craig Bannister, as well as read more→
Simpson and Souter hit centuries
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town fans’ favourite Mark Simpson has been presented with a special memento to mark his 100th appearance for the club. Simpson received it from Rob Hunter, director Craig Bannister and supporter, volunteer and his sponsor Phil Briggs prior to the 0-0 draw with Staveley on the second day of the 2017 NCEL read more→
Break has been hard for Garforth
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter admits that it has been hard to give his Garforth Town players motivated in the last five weeks. Garforth’s 3-1 defeat to Athersley Rec last Saturday was their first competitive game since the 1-0 win over Retford United on February 25th. “We have played a friendly against the under read more→
Garforth boss Hunter looking ahead
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter believes Garforth Town have a good chance of doing really well next season if they retain most of the current squad. Resurgent Garforth have won six out of their last seven league matches and the 2-0 win over Liversedge last week highlighted their progress as the Miners lost 6-0 read more→
Record breaker Simmo upstages Hunter
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town 2-0 Liversedge Record-breaker Mark Simpson upstaged his sixteen-year-old mate Sean Hunter by scoring in his ninth consecutive game for Garforth Town, who gained revenge on Liversedge for a heavy defeat earlier in the season. The fortunate goal took him past Richard Ramsden’s record of striking in eight straight matches way back read more→
Hunter has sights set on strong finish
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter has set his sights on securing Garforth Town’s highest placed finish since their return to the NCEL in 2014. The Miners have never finished higher than 14th in their three seasons back in the NCEL and Hunter is convinced that his “loyal and passionate” players won’t let the campaign read more→
Hunter backs Simpson to break 30 mark
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter is backing his star striker Mark Simpson to become the first Garforth Town player in years to score more than 30 goals in a season. Simpson was crowned as the Crawford HR January Player of the Month earlier today after narrowly beating Shaw Lane midfielder Spencer Harris to win read more→
Garforth enjoying best form since 2012
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Garforth Town 4-1 Armthorpe Welfare New Garforth Town hero Adam Turner scored a brilliant hat-trick to fire Garforth Town to a fourth consecutive league victory. Until yesterday, you had to go back to the Steve Nichol glory days to find out when Garforth last achieved the same feat. Nichol, the most read more→
Garforth to go from strength to strength
Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Rob Hunter reckons Garforth Town sail into 2017 on much calmer seas after 12 turbulent months, win, lose or draw on Boxing Day. The Miners narrowly avoided relegation at the end of last season and it has taken until the latter parts of the year for results to stabilise at the read more→